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‘spanish’ –> la española
‘latin’ –> ‘hispaniola‘
‘taíno’ –> haiti
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*’hispaniola’ is the 22nd-largest island in the world, located in the caribbean island group ‘the greater antilles’*
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(it is the 2nd-largest island in ‘the caribbean’ (after ‘cuba’), and the 10th-most populous island in the world)
(the 76,192-square-kilometre (29,418 sq mi) island is divided between two sovereign nations, the Spanish-speaking “Dominican Republic” (48,445 km2, 18,705 sq mi), and French-speaking “Haiti” (27,750 km2, 10,710 sq mi))
(the only other shared island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin, which is shared between France (Saint-Martin) and the Netherlands (‘sint maarten’))
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(‘hispaniola’ is the site of the first permanent european settlement in ‘the americas’, founded by ‘christopher columbus’ on his voyages in ‘1492’ + ‘1493’)
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👈👈👈☜*“THE GREATER ANTILLES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥